Technology Supported Learning (TSL) is a professional development workshop for community college faculty. There is a structured overview with regular due dates to help everyone stay on track and encourage lively asynchronous discussions among participants.

There are associated activities to step you through the actual course building process. We talk about the application of technologies to each of the good pedagogy practices covered, than suggest specific activities for creating or adding course activities. Peer review is invited and encouraged – show-and-tell works for faculty too.

The workshop is offered as a facilitated online course, but the materials can be used by faculty for self-directed learning . Review the lesson outline and comment in the discussion forums.

Short on time? Read through the materials without doing all the suggested activities. That’s ok, too. The important thing is to think about your teaching and learning. …Overview

CIS2 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY

CIS2 textbook options

Now that we have talked about open textbooks and you have had an opportunity to review some, please select your “favorite” option. Here are some choices – pick what would be your preference if you were going to take CIS2 again.

Same textbook – print $80 or online $35 – 4

Free online textbook – print on-demand $40 – 6

Online readings – students can print – 6

eBook reader format (Kindle, Nook, iPad) – 2

Need to highlite, add notes – 1

CIS2 class surveyed – 11M

Brain color

Add yourself to your Brain Color group by selecting your brain color. You can see who is in your group for the Brain Color discussions.

Blue – 8

Gold – 3

Green – 6

Orange – 2

CIS2 class surveyed – 11M

Handed-ness

Which hand do you use for writing? Most people have a preference for using their left hand or their right hand. Many can do some tasks with either hand. Like opening a jar – if you can’t get it open with your right hand, you probably switch and try with your left hand. A few people were forced to learn to write with their right hand, even though they are naturally left-handed (and their writing is usually un-readable). Some people are hopelessly left-handed or right-handed.

When working in groups, having some diversity is often helpful. A colleague observed that having a “lefty” in a group always produced “better” results. I have no idea if this is true or not, but it is an interesting theory to test. Select the choice that best represents your handed-ness.